Jokowi optimistic of witnessing 10% growth in automotive industryPresident Joko Widodo (Jokowi). (ANTARA/Setpres/Krishadiyanto)Bekasi (ANTARA News) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is optimistic that the automotive industry would attract more investors and grow over 10 percent annually. In addition, President Jokowi is optimistic that the automotive industry would begin developing its export market. "Indonesias automotive industry is more competitive now and is growing on an average of more than 10 percent," he remarked in Bekasi on Tuesday. However, the president highlighted the importance of the quality of human resources to meet the high standards of the automotive industry.
according to Indonesia has become automotive industry investment destinationMinister Airlangga Hartarto. Airlangga said the automotive industry has become one of the main sectors in the current national industry policy that contributes significantly to the gross domestic product (GDP). (ANTARA/Robert)Cikarang (ANTARA News) - The country has become the automotive investment destination, with the national production target set at some 2.5 million units in 2020, Indonesian Minister of Industry Airlangga Hartarto stated. In 2016, the automotive industry had contributed around 10.47 percent to the overall non-petrol GDP. According to Hartarto, the national automotive production market reaches 1.1 million units, with 200 thousand being exported.
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Clemson professor to collaborate with automotive industry on new research
Simona Onori, right, an assistant professor at Clemson University, is working to reduce fine-particle emissions in gasoline direct injection engines. Onori will conduct her research at Clemson's International Center for Automotive Research in Greenville. According to a news release, direct injection engines have better fuel economy and lower carbon-dioxide emissions than more conventional port fuel injection engines. Onori said the automotive industry has for some time been conducting its own research, and this will be one of the first where the automotive and academic world collaborate on this initiative. Simona Onori in March received a $500,000 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to advance her research on reducing fine-particle emissions in gasoline in direct injection engines.
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